I counselled my young daughter last week that we should do what scares us; it informs us of what we are capable, reminds us we are alive.

Boys are catching up with girls in the health stakes, figures have shown.

There are many reasons why some people live long healthy lives while others don't, but one of them is undoubtedly genes.

A new study reveals how life after work can take a negative turn.

Here's an interesting statistic: since 1840, life expectancy at birth has risen three months each year, come war, epidemics or advances in medical science.

Those in their 20s and 30s might want to be careful next time they go looking for love online - they might run into their parents.

As a teen, I couldn't have explained why, because I've only just figured it out, writes Verity Johnson.

A study has found mothers over 40 are at the forefront of a middle-aged drinking epidemic.

Things are booming at rest-home builder and operator Ryman Healtcare, with profits growing and a pipeline of new villages underway.

Developing a sudden liking for slapstick comedy could herald the onset of dementia up to nine years before the illness is diagnosed.

The green-eyed monster of envy has a tighter grip on young adults than on their elders, a study has found.

Older people have vision that is three times slower than younger people when coping with distractions, which could make them less safe drivers, a study has found.

Retirement village dispute resolutions could soon be improved, after gaps in the system were criticised.

Millennials have tough new competition for apartments and flats heating up the nation's housing market: Mum and Dad.

Forty years ago, the Queen sent about 100 letters a week to Britons who had reached the age of 100.

A panel of 1,000 people were shown images of celebrities with stained teeth and cleaned teeth and asked to guess their ages.

My town actually went backwards in the last QV figures, with one real estate company listing a solid three-bedroom home for $45,000, writes Mark Ebrey.

A diabetes pill is the first drug to show promise in helping subdue two of the world's most rampant health epidemics.

A chemical found in red wine helps slow dementia, say scientists - but you would have to drink 1,000 bottles a day to get enough of it.

Two minutes of hopping a day can strengthen hip bones in older people and reduce the risk of fracture after a fall, scientists have suggested.

They said that while longer spells of moderate exercise were good, there were "strong benefits" in repeated short bouts of intense activity such as star jumps.

When the midwife handed me my newborn son, my first thought was that this hideous homunculus could surely not be mine. He was bald and jaundice-yellow, his little features squashed into an expression of profound dismay at finding himself in the world.

Europe, with its ageing population, needs to increase its younger population by several million to avoid a situation where pension systems grow unsustainable.

Chris Moss deconstructs the seven ages of modern manhood. But which one provides the most satisfaction and happiness?

Older New Zealanders are riding high in the happiness stakes, with those 55 and over being twice as likely to feel "awesome" as under-30s.

Those of us born in the late 1960s and early 1970s are constantly being told that the generation above us are the ones who had it good, but I beg to differ.

New research suggests we could all live to 150 by taking a pill to prevent age-related diseases. But would you want to? We outline the pros and cons.

Molecular biologist David Sinclair wants to revolutionise the way people age. Sinclair is 46, but he's been obsessed with what he calls "the gravity of life" since he was four-years-old.